Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-11


cross Austrian territory, and now follow
ed succession of almost incredible ad-
ventures, IN which the crown played the
chief role. 1t became once more the prey
of pretenders, and in the midst of gen.
eral fight for its possession it disappeared.
Nothing was seen or heard of it for many
generations. Hungary got along as best
she could, and in the course OF time fell
under foreign yoke. At last the crown
was found-how or where is to this dsy
unknoWn-and was brought TO Vienna by
Joseph IL. From Vienna it found its way
back to Hungary. In the national upris-
ing Of lS4S the provisional government
obtsined possession of it, but,
after the defeat and flight of Kos
suth, it disappeared ouce more.
This time ii was supposed to be lost for
good. 1t wss believed by some that it
had been sent to London by the despoil-
ers, and by others that Kossuth had
picked the diamonds out of their setting
in the crown and sold them to the Turks.
Both the stories were groundlesS. 1t was
living safely buried eli the while in Hun
garian soil. A few months after the de-
feat of the national cause a peasant be-
trayed the spot where Kossuth and his
friends had hidden it, hoping thus to
thwart the conqueTers, to the Austrians,
and it was brought back to the castle
Buda with great pomp. 1t has not left it
since.
ScotlGnd's ancient crown is another
royal diadem that has had its full share of
queer adventures. The antiquares as
sumo that it was made for King Robert
Bruce. 1t is made out of two circles of
gold, the upper decorated with crosses
and lilies, the lower with uncut dia-
monds. Two gold bands rise from the
lower ring and, bending over the head,
support golden ball and cross. When
the Stuarts became rulers of England and
took up their residence there, they kept
up the practice Of going north to receive
Scotland's crown on Scotch soil. Charles
did express the wish that the crown and
regaIia might be sent to London for his
convenience, so that the ceremony might
take place there; but he changed his
mind in q hurry, when the Scots took it
as an insult, and went up TO be crowned
like the rest. That was in June, 1893.
Charles ii was crowned in Scotland on
New Years day, 1861, when he claimed
the throne; but or the advance of the Pro-
teCtor's forces the regalia were hurried
of to DunnOttar, strong castle on the
North Sea coast, lest they should fall into
the hands of the enemy. In the following
year the castle was invested by the CrOm-
Wellians under Lambert and it's COM
mander, Earl Ogilvy, was summoned 20
surrender. He replied with challenge,
AMI Lambert laid siege 20 the castle.
Earl Ogilvy had sent urgent messages
TO the King for g ship to carry off the
crown, foreseeing the fall Of the castle;
but Charles had none to send. Thus
thrOTn upon their own resources, the III
voluntary CustOdiGns of the regalia-
there were beside the crown, the sword
and the scepter used at COrOnatiOns-cas
about for 3 way Of putting them beyond
the wanton eRcmy's reach for it was made
clear very soon that the castle could not
hold out long. Here, as often before in
the worlds history, it Yves e woman's wit
that saved the day. The woman was the
wife CT James Granger, the minis
ter of q little church g few miles
from DunIottsr. On pretense
of visiting a sick friend in the castle she
passed unchallenged through the besieg-
ing army with her maid, and, return
ing, they carried away the regalis con-
cealed under their skirts. Safe outside
the enemy's line, they were buried in the
church in q spot known only to the min
lister and his faithful wife. The castle
fell and Lambert stormed and ragged
when he learned that the crown had
slipped through his fingers. Suspicion
fell on the minister and his spouse. 1t is
that they were put TO the rack to
make them confess, and it is more than
probable that the story Is true. People
were put to the torture in those dsys for
much less than that. However. they
confessed nothing, and in the crowdlng
events of that stirring time the crown
and its disappearance were alike soon
forgotten. At the restoration the regelia
were recovered in good condition by
Charles II. After the union be-
were put away in g gigantic iron
mounted and padlocked trunk in the
room in Edinburgh cast e, for
fear that the sight of them might offend
Eaglish prejudices, and there they lay
for more than a hundred years-from 1907
to 1S18-when they were once more
brought to light bya commission specially
for the purpose. The regalia
are still at Edinburgh.
These are the most famous of the his
toric crowns of Europe; out there are
others that possess much interest. In
tue Cathedral at -le-Chapelle is one
donated to the church by Mary, Queen of
Scots; another in the church at Namur
was worn by Baldwin Count of Flanders,
whom the CRUSADER made King of Jeru-
salem. The thorns that are set in the
gold are said to have been taken from the
crown of thorns worn by the Savior on
the cross.
The Pope's tiara, or tiaras-there are
no less than four of them-are among the
most interesting of the crowns OF more
recent date. The triple crown is worn
by the Pope only on extraordinary oc-
casions. Ordinarily he wears 8 common
bishops inter. The tiara was originally
a plain pointed cap, but Pope Harmisdas
added crown in the year 523, Boniface
VIII another at the beginning of the
fourteenth century, and John NH the
third q score of years later. The three
together represent the ecclesiastical,
civil and Judicial supremacy of Rome.
A mound and cross of gold
surmount the triple crowns. The
hsnd5omest of the four at the Vatican is
the one presented BY Napoleon
to Pope Pious VII. in 1905. Its three
golden rings are studded with precious